McCaskill on the Obama audio: He was talking about middle-class tax cuts
posted at 1:15 pm on October 27, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Really? In 2001, in a discussion about sweeping social changes that the civil-rights movement did and didn’t achieve, “put[ting] together the actual coalition of powers through which you bring about redistributive change” was actually just Obama-speak for knocking a few points off the middle tax brackets? From a guy who wasn’t even a federal legislator at the time? This isn’t even spin; it’s McCaskill putting her fingers in her ears and chanting to drown out the question.
Which Scarborough, by trying to frame it as a simple rhetorical misstep, is happy to let her do.
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Worst. Spin. Evuh.
amerpundit on October 27, 2008 at 1:17 PM
McCaskill’s a moron. Plain and simple.
progressoverpeace on October 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM
My God, this woman is embarrassingly stupid. I cannot believe the people of Missouri threw out Jim Talent for this No-talent.
rockmom on October 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Please, it was obvious that Obama was talking about pie.
Come on. Doesn’t everyone want some pie???
Samhain on October 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM
have another cupcake honey… the lie is over!
Kaptain Amerika on October 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Good Lord.
I don’t think I’ve seen that much spin since…..
Well, someone hook them up to turbine. Maybe we can generate some useful energy for this wasteful spin.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Is there anything that she wouldn’t say or do to get Obama elected?
King of the Britons on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Woooooooo!
Slow this ride down, I think im going to be sick!
I think I need a motion sickness pill or something….
HoosierCon on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
I know, I know, we apologize profusely… I voted for Talent.
Kaptain Amerika on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Is this the “lady” who spit on the head phones before handing them to Mitt Romney? Talk about lipstick on a pig. It’s OK, I can say it, I am a woman.
bloggless on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Intellectually bankrupt. Scratch Joe and McCaskill…
liquidflorian on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Teleprompter failure? What was that candy commercial about needing a minute?
Vashta.Nerada on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
oh, ok, that makes sense, we’ll just shut up now …
/eyeroll
Buckaroo on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Mmmmmm, pie.
null on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Did Mika say, “Barack Omama’?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Why don’t they just hold a pocket watch up to the camera and say, “Marxism is good?”
Elizabetty on October 27, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
NoFanofLibs on October 27, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Wow, how come the MSM got to talk about the audio? Not that I don’t like the fact that they did.
clemycali on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Is there anything that she wouldn’t say or do to get Obama elected?
King of the Britons on October 27, 2008 at 1:19 PM
No. And Angela Davis Obama is probably pi$$ed about that. Then again, what isn’t Angela Davis Obama pi$$ed off about?
PimFortuynsGhost on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
out of morbid curiosity, which cabinet job is she pimping out her integrity for? agriculture? labor?
/not really caring, but anywho …
Buckaroo on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
There has to be a way we can take these people out and just tar and feather them.
The good news is they will all be trying to spin this audio tape keeping it in the headlights.
patrick neid on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
The word is LIAR. The woman has no shame.
marklmail on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Dear Leader called it spreadiing the wealth. Is she contradicting Dear Leader?
bloggless on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Keep talking, democrats. Keep talking.
(By the way, I despise mcCaskill.)
wise_man on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
“We aren’t calling him Marxist”= OMG, please don’t be mad at us and cancel appearances, oh Great ONE.
I am starting to be scared for the next 4 years. There is a chill in the air regarding the press and free speech generally.
dc84123 on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM
That really is some awful spin.
Slublog on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Who let that bag lady into the studio?
LimeyGeek on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
the spin factory at team obama should be hired by SNL. Dats sum funnyshit!
james hooker on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Repeat, over.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
“clemycali on October 27, 2008 at 1:21 PM”
the lone utility of drudge nowadays — once he puts it in the big font, it demands at least an acknowledgement …
:-)
Buckaroo on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Four minutes it took her to refuse to answer the question.
Vashta.Nerada on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Hey, you people need to go easy on her. She is just trying to avoid being thrown under Darth Barry’s bus. It’s crowded under there!
What this loony woman does not realize is the bus just got derailed.
Dang, if you’re going to lie (and that was a whopper) get better writers.
kybowexar on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
She’s a really effective surrogate……
Dirthead on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
When you look at Mika on one side, and Clair McCaskill, on the other, is this what an age progression would look like? I can’t hear anything yada, yada, yada, Mika, let me set you up with a question we agreed on, before you came on air…oh here is a softball follow up, can you catch it, I throw underhand you know like a girl LOL!
Dr Evil on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
I heard “Barack Omama” as well. Did Michelle say it?
bloggless on October 27, 2008 at 1:22 PM
And anybody that believes this wormy leftist woman please call me . . . I have several large bridges I’d like to sell.
rplat on October 27, 2008 at 1:23 PM
I think she wants to be in charge of spitting on television set ear pieces that will be given to republicans on the set next. She’s an expert on that.
wise_man on October 27, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Nice screepcap. She looks like she’s getting ready to smoke a cig through her neck.
BadgerHawk on October 27, 2008 at 1:23 PM
I just saw some chick on Fox do the same thing. Call it an act of desperation and talk about the Bush economy while ignoring the central point, redistribution.
V15J on October 27, 2008 at 1:23 PM
and PMSNBC to boot…
Vashta.Nerada on October 27, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Bait and switch. It isn’t just for car salesman anymore…
Fletch54 on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM
I still have not heard one of the followers answer the frigging question. Yes or No. It’s easy. Just answer the question.
bloggless on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM
“wise_man on October 27, 2008 at 1:23 PM”
good gravy, i know duh1 wants to expand government, but do we need that elevated to an appointed position?!
:-)
Buckaroo on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM
rockmom on October 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM
Can’t blame me, I voted for Talent. I didn’t vote for her when she ran for governor against Blunt either.
Torch on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM
This woman is a fukking lying a&& bitc|! Not to mention she looks like the walking dead. Was stunned that those two reporters asked such a question! How big of them. Where have they been for the last two years? Sleeping in their coffins I imagine. And BO never said spread the wealth? Maybe I have to much wax built up in my ears then. BO is a Marxist. He does stand for Socialism. He isn’t for the Middle Class.
sheebe on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Funny. Is that what Barry thinks of the Founders in regards to the Constitution?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM
I’ve seen/heard this idiot before. She gives me dry heaves.
Desperation is her close companion.
The 11% of the middle class that Biden said had disappeared actually moved on UP…but that’s bad because in a Marxist society no one is allowed to succeed.
Christine on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM
I want a President who will pick the right words.
bloggless on October 27, 2008 at 1:25 PM
“Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 1:24 PM”
hey, r u not liking the latest “rhetorical flourishes” that were “inartfully” done?
raaac … oh, forget it …
Buckaroo on October 27, 2008 at 1:25 PM
I can’t believe we are losing to these loons…are they the stupidest people evah?
right2bright on October 27, 2008 at 1:25 PM
McCaskill has the tough task of trying to explain away the incredibly obvious.
But that aside, she’s a cretin.
drjohn on October 27, 2008 at 1:26 PM
So is this one of them October surprises that took the Obama people by surprise? Is it resonating if they are throwing out idiots like McCaskill to respond???
highhopes on October 27, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Just for the amusement of it – just what the heck does the Constitution have to do with middle-class tax cuts?
Wow, as I said before, get better writers.
But, hey dumb is as dumb does.
kybowexar on October 27, 2008 at 1:26 PM
McCaskill reminds me so vividly of this former supervisor I had to work under.
She was a frigging no-nothing moron too.
pilamaye on October 27, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Between McCaskill, Pelosi, and Reid, I think Obama-sama has locked in the Undead vote.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 27, 2008 at 1:26 PM
I liked what someone said at YouTube.
Obama, Reid, & Pelosi = The Axis of Taxes
Connie on October 27, 2008 at 1:27 PM
“No, he’s not. He’s not talking about the redistribution of wealth when he says ‘redistribution of wealth’”
He’s talking about puppies.
A$$hole.
drjohn on October 27, 2008 at 1:28 PM
That started when they let the muslims shut them up and dictate what was appropriate to print and what wasn’t, with regard to islam. This is just the natural extension, as they see what BHO would really be like if he got in. The MSM suffers from a dangerous combination of cultural self-hate and extreme cowardice.
progressoverpeace on October 27, 2008 at 1:28 PM
McHackShill strikes again.
BKennedy on October 27, 2008 at 1:28 PM
McCaskill: Obama picked the “wrong words”
Funny. Is that what Barry thinks of the Founders in regards to the Constitution?
You are correct, Dr.Cwac.Cwac; he said in 2001 that the constitution supports ‘negative rights’ or some wild-eyed anti-American rhetoric.
Christine on October 27, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Bimbo.
With face lift and a dye job she would be a Pelosi clone.
And she’s a liar.
Cody1991 on October 27, 2008 at 1:29 PM
<blockquoteI can’t believe we are losing to these loons…are they the stupidest people evah?
right2bright on October 27, 2008 at 1:25 PM
Are we losing to these loons or is the media telling us we are losing to these loons?
It ain’t over – not by a long shot.
kybowexar on October 27, 2008 at 1:29 PM
They’re worried.
Good.
thirteen28 on October 27, 2008 at 1:29 PM
No, that honorific would go to the well-intentioned idiots that thrust McCain on the GOP and McCain’s bad campaigning. McCain should be lightyears ahead in the polling and the only reason he has not is that he just doesn’t connect with voters who buy the third Bush term arguement. Why for example did McCain waste time with avowed leftist Tom Brokaw yesterday? That isn’t where the undecided voters who might vote for McCain are lurking.
highhopes on October 27, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Quit insulting the Undead by comparing them to McCaskill, Pelosi and Reid.
NoFanofLibs on October 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM
“With face lift and a dye job she would be a Pelosi clone.
And she’s a liar.”
isn’t that redundant?
:-)
Buckaroo on October 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM
I am close to someone who used to work directly for her in her previous office. There are two things about her: One, she wants everyone to like her, and two, she will do anything it takes to further herself and her career.
There are many folks here in Mo that are very upset with her for abandoning Hillary for the politically expedient hitching of her wagon to Obama’s star.
JamesLee on October 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Who the hell voted for this idiot?!
I can not stand her. She is a creep and loser.
jencab on October 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM
“Are we losing to these loons or is the media telling us we are losing to these loons?”
preach it!
Buckaroo on October 27, 2008 at 1:30 PM
LOL… middle class tax cuts, of course!
They’ll follow this with new polls by CNN et al…
Breaking: Attacks on redistribution backfires, Polling indicates lead increases among undecideds
El_Terrible on October 27, 2008 at 1:32 PM
When I hear ’spread the wealth’ it can’t mean ANYTHING else but taking $ from one who hasn’t & giving it to one that doesn’t. Marxism, Socialism, Communism, whatever you wanna call it-it’s plain as day what Obama is.
I love the 2001 radio conversation, BTW. It is so enlightening as to what Obama really is.
For those of you still undecided out there, get a clue-Obama wants to take your $$ & your decision making along with it to create a mediocre society-just like Lenin & Stalin wanted!
And how did that turn out again?
It is soooo obvious she’s whoring herself out for a crumb.
Badger40 on October 27, 2008 at 1:32 PM
OT: Chicago firefighters will take gear home to prepare for Obama rally
I’m thinking that they are preparing for the sh!t to hit the fan either way.
And the kick-backs begin.
Somebody knows something about the Chicago machine.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 1:32 PM
They didn’t, ACORN did. Talent was winning overwhelmingly when I went to bed on Election Night ‘06 around 11:30 pm. I woke up the next morning to learn that McCaskill had only edged ahead and won after inner city Kansas City and St. Louis, heavy ACORN areas, were counted.
Rogue on October 27, 2008 at 1:34 PM
I would be upset too but my question is how on Earth such a idiot got elected in the first place? When is she up for reelection?
clemycali on October 27, 2008 at 1:34 PM
“Lawd I apalagize fer that, please be with the guineas in New Pygmy.”
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 27, 2008 at 1:34 PM
LOOK AT THE MONKEY! LOOK AT THE MONKEY!
BohicaTwentyTwo on October 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Heheh, the puppies bit reminds me…
When she was auditor, the “puppy mills” were one of her high-level targets as she tried to accumulate brownie points leading up to her governor run.
JamesLee on October 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM
So Obama picks the wrong words? What if he does that during one of his unconditional meetings with say…ummm…Russia?
Tax Code?? Give me a break.
skatz51 on October 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM
The problem with lying, is you have to keep lying or it will all unravel as it seems to be happening to Barry.
Lets pray it’s not too late.
abinitioadinfinitum on October 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM
i still can’t believe she ousted the FANTASTIC Jim Talent. She was MO state auditor and ran on a campaign of fiscal responsibility. And now she supports socialism. plus is a liar. Plus is a disgusting human being…she actually spit on her earpiece after one of the debates before handing it to Mitt Romney with a smile telling him she just spit on it.
JustTruth101 on October 27, 2008 at 1:35 PM
NC may be about to throw out Dole for Hagan who is a stupid female pol like McCaskill who the Dems will put on TV alot for the women vote.
jp on October 27, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Obama spoke the wrong words? But, isn’t he the eloquent, measured guy?
Guess not when it’s damaging.
BKennedy on October 27, 2008 at 1:36 PM
OT: Police find boy’s body in Hudson triple murder case
Tragic. Prayers for the family.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 1:37 PM
I think it’s in ‘12. Talent won the special election to finish the term of the late Mel Carnahan, and lost to McCaskill in 06, I think.
JamesLee on October 27, 2008 at 1:38 PM
It depends of how much coverage this new audio is going to have in MSM. Fox should run with it every 10 minutes and force the others, aka CNN and MSNBC, to do the same. But most likely Fox is weavering the white flag to Obama. Seems that Hennifer Hudson’s nephew is more important.
clemycali on October 27, 2008 at 1:39 PM
For those wanting to do some research:
A short version on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck
The original show is from the January 18, 2001 Chicago Public Radio show Odyssey. Their audio archive is here:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/od_rajan01.asp
The 52min audio of the entire show is here:
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/ram/od/od-010118.ram
bnelson44 on October 27, 2008 at 1:39 PM
No matter the outcome, we are losing to these loons. Not saying we have lost, just losing.
Calif., Oregon, Washington, New York, it goes on and on, huge numbers (no matter the outcome) are selecting this guy.
right2bright on October 27, 2008 at 1:39 PM
How does someone this stupid who looks like she looks get elected to anything? I thought our political system was a beauty contest? God knows it has nothing to do with policies and accomplishment…
Jaibones on October 27, 2008 at 1:40 PM
My God, this woman is embarrassingly stupid. I cannot believe the people of Missouri threw out Jim Talent for this No-talent.
rockmom on October 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM
She won b/c a bunch of dead people in St. Louis and KC voted for her and the state funding for stem cell research. Both should have gone down, but didn’t b/c of fraud.
JAM on October 27, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Tragic indeed. It takes a real monster to kill a child. It’s a shame we can only put the killer to death once.
Vashta.Nerada on October 27, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Please, she needs to be stopped!
Mercy4Me on October 27, 2008 at 1:40 PM
McCaskill is my senator. “Tool” does not begin to cover it.
q2600 on October 27, 2008 at 1:41 PM
MSNBC: OK, nothing to see here.
lodge on October 27, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Omamma says ‘redistribution of wealth’ what
he really means is ‘tax cuts for the middle
and lower classes’. It’s so simple, I’m
glad the nice lady explained it to me.
Words mean whatever Omamma wants them
to mean.
Mulligan on October 27, 2008 at 1:42 PM
Goebbels she is not.
Limerick on October 27, 2008 at 1:45 PM
She’s a republican moby!
trailboss on October 27, 2008 at 1:45 PM
And she does it with a smile,and
a smirk ear to ear!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on October 27, 2008 at 1:45 PM
HahahahahahahHAAHAAHAAhahahaha!
This is precious!
Boy my side hurts.
This absolutely has STUNG the Obama campaign! Finally.
jawbone on October 27, 2008 at 1:46 PM
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